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The "pride month" thing sickens me
6 years ago
Will there ever be a month dedicated to raise consciousness about homeless dogs and cats? Will there ever be a month of human rights for the people bereft in victim countries such as Palestine? Lol, of course not, because people's narcisism is bigger than anything else in the world. People hardly will ever think beyond their own egocentrism. This "pride" month, the word pride itself makes me want to vomit. Nothing good can come from narcissism. "Look at me, you should kneel and worship me because I'm this or that, worship me, WORSHIP ME BECAUSE OF MY SEXUAL PREFERENCES". This attitude, the semantics of their narrative, it separates their movement from a true social cause and turns it into a quasi-fascistic weapon. But hey, most of the people who participate in this thing are americans, and those people are the experts in acting like fascists so, it is only normal stuff at the end of the day.
"Look at me, I suffer a lot, I get discriminated", exclaimed the rich spoiled kid living in his parent's house while typing from an expensive phone or from a luxurious gaming PC, all while there are kittens and dog cubs starving in the streets, killed for fun and other horrible things. But in FA we will never have a Homeless Animals month, because spoiled rich american kids only join social causes when it is convenient for them.
"Look at me, I suffer a lot, I get discriminated", exclaimed the rich spoiled kid living in his parent's house while typing from an expensive phone or from a luxurious gaming PC, all while there are kittens and dog cubs starving in the streets, killed for fun and other horrible things. But in FA we will never have a Homeless Animals month, because spoiled rich american kids only join social causes when it is convenient for them.
Like what you're doing right now?
And I agree with you.
They're really pissed off about people daring to question their authority this month aparently. Wouldn't be surprised if there ends up being another user purge from this.
I’m not sure of the circumstances surrounding your suspension, whether it was this journal or comments on others’ art or what, so it’s not my position to say whether or not it’s deserved. Whatever the reason, I’d like to say — divorced from that issue — that I strongly disagree with your perspective here. I believe pride is an extremely important thing. Pride is what helps people wise up when they’re in abusive situations. It’s what gives folks being taken advantage of emotionally, financially, or systemically the courage to say, “I don’t deserve this, I’m putting a stop to it.” Pride means recognizing one’s self worth.
“‘Look at me, I suffer a lot, I get discriminated’, exclaimed the rich spoiled kid living in his parent's house while typing from an expensive phone or from a luxurious gaming PC.”
I have a strong distaste for this game of trauma olympics that so many people try to play when critical of social justice issues. Being rich would not exempt this (presumably queer) kid from bullying, being part of an abusive relationship, being groomed online, suffering from PTSD due to a traumatic incident in their past, or being emotionally neglected by their parents. It would not exempt them from targeted harassment that could drive them to the ward or suicide. I have seen this happen, both with friends and people I follow online. Lashing out at those with mental health issues for suffering in spite of privilege only drives those suffering into silence and shame.
That said, it is also entirely possible to show pride in one’s identity while also spreading awareness of animal abuse. A couple years ago for example, I stumbled upon a cesspit of staged animal rescues on YouTube. I made a journal, then a Google Doc, calling out this blatant animal abuse. I shared this doc in group chats with fellow students at my college. I did this alongside drawing queer art for Pride Month because that’s important to me too. I agree that more attention to this abuse is necessary as hell. But one can do both. Grayzero, I’ve browsed your journals and favorites and can’t find a single thing you’ve done via this account to call awareness to this issue, minus this one journal. Clearly FA is a site you use for escapism and to vent. That is completely okay. But if pride is bad because “there are more important issues in the world,” why are the only issues you ever discuss in journals on this account pertaining to your mental health?
You do mention in another comment that you’ve helped starving kittens, so I’m not saying you’re doing nothing; just that this account, by nature, is almost completely self-centric. There’s a good chance many of the people celebrating pride by creating queer art are volunteering at shelters, doing foster care, or working in fields that help animals in need offline. Like you, these people would both be indulging in their own “selfish” wants while also helping animals in need.
Final point, on the off-chance you (or anyone else) has actually read this far. Those “selfish” needs, if I’m remembering correctly, are ones you cited back in the day as one of the only reasons you’re still alive. Hopefully I’m not talking out of my ass but like, I recall you making either a journal — or just putting it in your bio — that you don’t want people talking to you, don’t want people reaching out to you, that the only reason you’re even still around is to look at weird furry art and that otherwise you’re just drifting through life. Whether or not you’re glad to still be here is irrelevant; what matters is that privileged queer shitfucks like me are still here for potentially the same reason: because they’ve created self-centric art accounts where they talk about being queer, favorite queer art, celebrate their passions, and use the internet as an escape. If that’s allegedly narcissism, then narcissism is a damn good thing.
But anyhow. Here’s hoping I don’t get called a triggered twat for making such a lengthy comment in response to a journal criticizing a thing I like ://